âIn the Nazi death camp of Sobibor in Eastern Poland, knitting saved several Jewish women from deathâ
With the Nazi forces rounding up Jews and anyone else they deemed âunworthyâ, they had en...

Textile historian and weaver Ruth Gilbert is hosting an Early Modern Stocking Study Day on Saturday 24th March 2018, from 10am to 4pm, at the Loft Space, Britannia Mills, Huddersfield www.facebook.com/theloftspaceBritanniaMills/. Ruth is covering the evidence for early knitted stockings and its interpretation as well as knitting techniques, tools and yarn. A must for anyone interested in both the history as well as the practical reproduction of Early Modern knitted stockings.

A Gripping Yarn

Celebrate St George’s Day with a BBC radio documentary exploring knitting! Jane Garvey will present a lively programme on knitting past and present, from the American Revolution through to the current knitting renaissance, touching on various subjects such as ‘guerilla’ knitting, the work of composer HafdÃ­s BjarnadÃ³tti and chitin yarns. Among those taking part are design historian Dr Joanne Turney, Christine Kingdom of the UK Hand Knitting Association and artist, writer and designer, Rachael Matthews of ‘Prick Your Finger’. With a running time of 28 minutes this will not be an in-depth investigation but any positive representation of knitting will surely be a good thing.

‘A Gripping Yarn’ is due for broadcast on BBC Radio 4, this Wednesday 23 April at 11 AM. Listen live online at the Radio 4 website and for seven days after transmission